Where does “scilicet” come from?

Scilicet comes from Latin scilicet, composed of Latin scīre and licet, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots skey- and sek-.

scilicet (English): namely, to wit, as follows

Definitions

  1. namely, to wit, as follows

Ancestry of “scilicet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscilicetof course, naturally, namely; to wit, evidently,...
2Latinlicetit is allowed; one is permitted; although, even...
3Proto-Italic*likētto be available, to have the value of, to be for sale
Every word from Proto-Italic *likēt →Every word from Latin licet →Every word from Latin scilicet →